Decentralization and efficiency of subsidy targeting: Evidence from chiefs in rural Malawi [0.03%]
分散化与补贴瞄准效率：来自马拉维农村地区酋长的证据
Maria Pia Basurto,Pascaline Dupas,Jonathan Robinson
Maria Pia Basurto
Lower-income countries spend vast sums on subsidies. Beneficiaries are typically selected via either a proxy-means test (PMT) or through a decentralized identification process led by local leaders. A decentralized allocation may offer infor...
Which Early Withdrawal Penalty Attracts the Most Deposits to a Commitment Savings Account? [0.03%]
哪一种提前取款罚则最能吸引存款进入承诺储蓄账户？
John Beshears,James J Choi,Christopher Harris et al.
John Beshears et al.
Previous research has shown that some people voluntarily use commitment contracts that restrict their own choice sets. We study how people divide money between two accounts: a liquid account that permits unrestricted withdrawals and a commi...
Itzik Fadlon,Torben Heien Nielsen
Itzik Fadlon
The marginal gains from social income insurance programs are captured by the gap in the marginal utility of consumption across states of nature. To identify this gap in the context of the household, this paper offers a new labor-supply base...
James Poterba,Steven Venti,David A Wise
James Poterba
Inequality in wealth among elderly households, and in particular the prevalence of very low wealth holdings, can be an important consideration in the design of social insurance programs. This paper examines the incidence and determinants of...
Prescription Drug Use under Medicare Part D: A Linear Model of Nonlinear Budget Sets [0.03%]
医疗保险D部分下的处方药使用情况：非线性预算约束下的线性模型
Jason Abaluck,Jonathan Gruber,Ashley Swanson
Jason Abaluck
Medicare Part D enrollees face a complicated decision: they dynamically choose prescription drug consumption in each period given difficult-to-find prices and a non-linear budget set. We use Part D claims data to estimate a flexible model o...
The Effect of the Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansions on Financial Wellbeing [0.03%]
平价医疗法案医疗补助扩展对财务福祉的影响分析
Luojia Hu,Robert Kaestner,Bhashkar Mazumder et al.
Luojia Hu et al.
We examine the effect of the Medicaid expansions under the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) on consumer financial outcomes using data from a major credit reporting agency for a large, national sample of adults. We emplo...
What do self-reports of wellbeing say about life-cycle theory and policy? [0.03%]
幸福感的自我报告对生命周期理论与政策有何启示？
Angus Deaton
Angus Deaton
I respond to Atkinson's plea to revive welfare economics, and to considering alternative ethical frameworks when making policy recommendations. I examine a measure of self-reported evaluative wellbeing, the Cantril Ladder, and use data from...
Governance and the effectiveness of public health subsidies: Evidence from Ghana, Kenya and Uganda [0.03%]
治理与公共卫生补贴效果：来自加纳、肯尼亚和乌干达的证据
Rebecca Dizon-Ross,Pascaline Dupas,Jonathan Robinson
Rebecca Dizon-Ross
Distributing subsidized health products through existing health infrastructure could substantially and cost-effectively improve health in sub-Saharan Africa. There is, however, widespread concern that poor governance - in particular, limite...
Pension-Spiking, Free-Riding, and the Effects of Pension Reform on Teachers' Earnings [0.03%]
养老金、搭便车行为以及养老金改革对教师工资的影响
Maria D Fitzpatrick
Maria D Fitzpatrick
In many states, local school districts are responsible for setting the earnings that determines the size of pensions, but are not required to make contributions to cover the resulting state pension fund liabilities. In this paper, I documen...
Does front-loading taxation increase savings? Evidence from Roth 401(k) introductions [0.03%]
前端征税能否增加储蓄？来自罗斯401（k）计划推出的证据
John Beshears,James J Choi,David Laibson et al.
John Beshears et al.
Can governments increase private savings by taxing savings up front instead of in retirement? Roth 401(k) contributions are not tax-deductible in the contribution year, but withdrawals in retirement are untaxed. The more common before-tax 4...